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A bill outlawing the selling of dog meat for consumption easily passed Tuesday in South Korea’s legislature.
The measure was approved in the National Assembly by an overwhelming vote of 208-to-0 with two abstentions.
Anyone convicted of violating the ban, which officially takes effect in 2027, faces up to three years in prison or fines of more than $22,000.
Tuesday’s passage of the bill was the culmination of a decades-long effort by animal rights activists to end the centuries-long culinary practice. Support for imposing the ban…